In the Taylor Slough area, the completion of a larger pumping structure (S332D) on the L-31W canal will allow more water to be introduced to the natural head waters region of the slough. With the completion of the removal of the C-111 levees in 1997, and the effort to move more water into Taylor Slough, and increased volume of water is flowing through this region, and ultimately, into Florida Bay.

To divert water to Taylor Slough, L-31W was constructed with two gated culverts: S-174 and S-175 (Light and Dineen, 1994). S-174 directs water into L-31W, which feeds the S332 pump. The Everglades Forever Act (1994) mandates that more freshwater inputs be directed to flow into the Florida Bay estuary and that the distribution of this flow is as close to historical patterns as possible. Geographically, this requests for more freshwater inputs via the Taylor Slough drainage and ENP Panhandle region. Most of this freshwater will be delivered during the South Florida wet season, June through November. Until recently a more powerful S332-D water pump was built to provide more water to the northern section of Taylor Slough, and to restore the more natural headwater region of Taylor Slough